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Midland Independent School District reaps benefits of multi-phase HVAC upgrade projects. Cortney Smith is all too aware of the challenges involved in maintaining aging HVAC systems and equipment in his Texas school district’s aging facilities. “The average age of facilities in the district is 60-plus years, so we’ve got some aging facilities,” says Smith, chief…

As winter weather dominates and many of our properties stay covered in snow, how can maintenance managers still deliver winter curb appeal? Impressions are important and when employees and visitors see signs that signify a lack of attention, it can hurt your business and your reputation. Keeping your building looking its best through the winter…

According to Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ), Canada was insured losses exceeding $3 billion for weather-related events in 2023. Wildfires in British Columbia, the summer storms that swept across Alberta and Nova Scotia’s devastating flooding events were front and centre. As the country contends with these catastrophic weather events, the need for resilience and…

Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Performance management has been part of the business landscape for so long that many companies have lost sight of the outcomes they expect to achieve through the process. In fact, most performance management processes have multiple, conflicting intentions. On the one hand, they aim to measure performance — a…

To lower the carbon footprint of a washroom, we need to consider a multitude of factors, such as reducing energy or water consumption, cutting the number of virgin fibres used in paper products, using 100 per cent recyclable packaging, choosing eco-friendly consumables, and reducing the distance that products have to travel. This can be challenging…

Following “overwhelming demand,” the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected 67 applicants to receive about $965 million in grants through the Clean School Bus Program. That’s more than double the $400 million in grants initially planned when the EPA called for applications in April 2023. The funding is made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,…